MOLINA, Fabio Silveira. The production of the - Paris of the Tropics and mega events in Rio de Janeiro in the early twentieth century. []. , 102, pp.25-45. ISSN 0430-5027.  https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis3816.

The central theme of this article is based on the role of mega-events in the production of Rio de Janeiro s urban space in the early twentieth century. At this time, through considerable urban transformations, the image of the city was associated with - Paris of the Tropics. at the same time, the city hosted two important mega-events: the 1908 National Exhibition and the 1922 International Exhibition. These mega-events were configured as urban strategies promoted by State, and the territorial modernizations arising from the mega-events were highly selective and exclusive, producing even more elite places and socio-spatial segregation. Used as a pretext to urban expansion, production and the conquest of urban lands, the mega-events analyzed induced redefinitions of land uses and their arrangement in the internal space of the city, demonstrating their relevance in the structuring of the city of Rio de Janeiro

: Mega-events; urban geography; production of urban space; urban structuring; 1908 National Exhibition; 1922 International Exhibition.

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